HOME OF SUPERRUNE   Welcome to my personal website! Browse around to read about me and my work, just click the colorful icons on the left. I specialize in directing for 3D animation, and I do that on a freelance basis for a selection of companies. I also do consulting for VFX, occasional illustration work and scripting. If you want to know what I can do for your project, send me an email at runesuperrune.com. Norwegian blood in your veins? Take time to visit www.storedyret.com - a creative discussion forum I started in 2000. Latest blog entry: Don't call us, we'll call you Sorry for the lack of updates, but I've been on a large feature film project since October - and between work and playing with my baby daughter there hasn't been much time to update the blog. The feature film will be delivered by the end of April, and I'm not taking any other projects until that is finished. If I find time available now, I'm concentrating on my short films. And that is what this update will be about: a quick update on my personal projects. And how are things? So far, not so good. One of the major film funds in Norway had a deadline on the 1st of September last year. I submitted two projects, but both were denied funding. After that, I took my scripts and applications around for comments, and I have received mixed feedback. Some of the people that read the scripts mentioned that they don't have anything meaningful to give to the audience watching them. But I am of the opinion that if you intentionally try to create meaningful films, you can quickly end up creating pretentious and preachy work. I see too many norwegian shorts like that each year. Anyway, I'd rather try and make something interesting, instead of something life-changing. The intention should be in the story and characters, and then the meaning should be a by-effect from that. It's only my first script after all, I have to start somewhere. Also, I'm finding this directing thing to be a little bit of a catch-22, it's hard to get funding unless you have made a film before. My reputation as the "photoreal VFX guy" is really starting to work against me here, but it's too late for me to go back to film school and start a new career that way. And there's no way I can make a short film without funding, I've tried that for ten years with serious implications on my health. If I get a well-paid job, it might have enough money to create a 1-2 minute short by myself, but that is too short to explore the kind of narrative and acting I want to see in animation. Still, most of the comments I got were very helpful, and I am eternally grateful for them. The best ones exposed holes and problems in my scripts and in my applications. So I am trying again. There was a new deadline on the 1st of February, and I resubmitted one of my applications. It will be interesting to see how it fares this time. If I get a positive, I might get started on a short film before summer. If I get a negative, I will look around for other people's scripts to direct. Good animation scripts seem to be far between in Norway, but I'm probably saying that because I've been too long in advertising! I am hoping that is the case. As usual, I will keep you updated! (By the way, I am updating more frequently on Twitter, so subscribe to me there if you want to know what I'm up to!) superrune, 09. Feb 2010 All the images on this website are (c) copyrighted Rune Spaans and their respective owners. Any use of the materials on this site other than for private, non-commercial viewing purposes is strictly prohibited. If you want to use some of these images for promotional or editorial reasons, please contact me.